Observation of X-ray transient XTE J1748−288 by the Indian X-ray astronomy experiment

dc.contributor.author	Naik, S
dc.contributor.author	Agrawal, P C
dc.contributor.author	Paul, Biswajit
dc.contributor.author	Rao, A R
dc.contributor.author	Seetha, S
dc.contributor.author	Kasturirangan, K
dc.date.accessioned	2012-07-12T11:47:52Z
dc.date.available	2012-07-12T11:47:52Z
dc.date.issued	2000-02
dc.description	Open Access	en
dc.description.abstract	The observations of a newly discovered X-ray transient source XTE J1748-288 were made in the energy band 2 - 18 keV with the Indian X-ray Astronomy Experiment(IXAE) on the IRS-P3 satellite during 1998, June 14-25. The source count rate declined gradually with an exponential decay time of 19 ± 1.6 days. The X-ray light curves showed no significant intensity variations on short time scales (<= 10s). The power density spectrum obtained from timing analysis of the data shows no quasi-periodic oscillations in the frequency range of 0.002 Hz to 5 Hz. From the observed X-ray and radio characteristics, it is suggested that the X-ray source in XTE J1748-288 is more likely to be a black hole rather than a neutron star.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2000, Vol. 354, p928-942	en
dc.identifier.issn	0004-6361
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/4879
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	EDP Sciences	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000A%26A...354..938N	en
dc.rights	2000 EDP Sciences	en
dc.title	Observation of X-ray transient XTE J1748−288 by the Indian X-ray astronomy experiment	en
dc.type	Article	en

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